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inside to make sure .search('^$', true, false) is executing

var val = $.fn.dataTable.util.escapeRegex($(this).val()); column .search( val ? '^'+val+'$' : '', true, false

date' defined for the search plugin function to work.

code that kills the search somehow when ordering the

The search plugin checks the column

examples. But you could search the forum if you

I couldn't see in your code where you're trying to change the visibility, but you should just be able to do what you're doing with your search, i.e. $('.racetables').DataTable().search($(this).val()).draw(); would be $('.racetables').DataTable().column(1).visible(false); Cheers, Colin

based off my web search, it wants something more

with client-side processing the search is actually performed synchronously

every page and on search. Since i have 2